Redefine International P.L.C was the top performing share on the JSE in December 2013, delivering 22% growth in share price during the month, according to Bloomberg.

Global tenants and owner occupiers will get a chance to rate SA's commercial and industrial property sectors against 46 world cities with the release of international brokerage firm CBRE's latest research, which includes Johannesburg property markets.

The highly anticipated super-regional Cradlestone Mall opened its doors for the first time this morning to scores of shoppers looking to sample the centre's impressive variety of exclusive, prominent and exciting retail.

Specialising in providing a residential management service - which includes leasing and letting in regard to student accommodation, affordable housing, social housing and other residential homes, JHI Residential, which is a subsidiary of Excellerate Property Services, is rapidly expanding into Africa - mainly in Southern Africa, reports Thea Bezuidenhout, MD of JHI Residential.

The new R1,3 billion Cradlestone Mall will open on Wednesday, 20 November 2013, in time for festive season shopping.

The key drivers of house prices and residential rentals are showing no vigour‚ according to the latest Rode's Report on the SA Property Market.

There's no doubt that the roll-out of the Gautrain has been a success in providing safe, quick and convenient means of transport to and from the workplace, and according to the Gautrain website, since the opening of Park Station in Rosebank there has been a dramatic increase in the demand for the Gautrain and its bus services.

In advance of the introduction of the Department of Justice's proposed Court Annexed Mediation Scheme in South Africa, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has spent the past two years developing a Southern African panel of expert built environment practitioners.

Named for its unique location, the newly developed Cradlestone Mall in the heart of Mogale City in Johannesburg's West Rand - near the world heritage site of the Cradle of Humankind - officially opens its doors on 20 November 2013.

With reasonable rents and attractive yields, the local market offers several key advantages to offer global tenants and owner-occupiers